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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2004, 10:15 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2004, 10:15 PM MST (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2004, 1:15 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eddy County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KMAF 030517 FFWMAF NMC015-030815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1015 PM MST FRI APR 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 115 AM MST * AT 1010 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITES CITY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTIS...MALAGA...LOVING...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...AVALON AND CARLSBAD NORTH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3250 10456 3214 10457 3207 10380 3293 10382 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KMAF 030601 FFSMAF NMC015-030815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1101 PM MST FRI APR 2 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM MST FOR EASTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 1045 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2 TO 4 FEET OF WATER COVERING SOME CITY STREETS IN CARLSBAD. AT 1040 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WHITES CITY...MALAGA... LOVING...LOCO HILLS...LAKEWOOD...AND AVALON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0. LAT...LON 3250 10456 3214 10457 3207 10380 3293 10382 $$
000 WGUS74 KMAF 030733 FFSMAF NMC015-030815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1232 AM MST SAT APR 3 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM MST FOR EDDY COUNTY... AT 1224 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AREAS OF HIGH WATER WERE REPORTED IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD EARLIER...WITH SOME CITY STREETS UNDER 1 TO 4 FEET OF WATER. OTHER FLOODING MAY BE OCCURING ON OTHER AREA ROADS IN EDDY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY WEST AND SOUTH OF CARLSBAD. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WHITES CITY...OTIS...MALAGA... LOVING...LAKEWOOD...AND AVALON. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TO REPORT FLOODING...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0. LAT...LON 3250 10456 3214 10457 3207 10380 3293 10382 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 10:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 2:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 2:33 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 2:51 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 3:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.